Trainings and Workshops
A core component of Anahata is training providers who work in trauma-affected communities.
Please contact Anahata directly if you are interested in setting up a training for your organization.
Our current trainings include:
TRAUMA SENSITIVE MINDFUL MOVEMENT, BREATH AND AWARENESS TRAINING
Components of the immersion include:
We have two objectives. The first is to empower individual care providers with the mindfulness tools to cope with personal stress related to their jobs, so they can continue to serve those in need.
This immersion is designed to empower persons who are working with individuals and groups who have suffered from a variety of traumas. We recognize such care providers are themselves usually under large amounts of stress, taking on the needs of those affected by abuse, homelessness, conflict and other crises.
Secondly, we aim to train care providers and community workers in how to implement some of our mindful practices among their clientele.
We believe that empowerment and change take place more organically and effectively when staff members and community leaders recommend basic mindful practices to those they serve. As those affected by trauma have built relationships of trust with the care providers they see regularly, learning skills like mindful yoga, breathwork and meditative practices in a familiar setting can be more effective than having an outsider come in to do the work.
Breathwork
We have observed that many individuals who have suppressed emotions, trauma, depression or anxiety suffer from shortness of breath and an inability to breathe inward to their fullest capacity. Breathwork practitioners often experience feelings of greater vitality and concentration and a reduction in stress. Mindful Breathing initiates a pause in one’s reactive response, and gives one the insight and clarity to respond in ways that are productive, and less harmful to oneself and others. Accessible to everyone, breath techniques help reset and balance the nervous system, stimulate the vital life forces and energize the whole body. There are a variety of Breathwork practices that aid in either grounding and calming the mind and body to help induce sleep and reduce panic and stress; or stimulating and awakening the nervous system, allowing for better focus and productivity.
Additional mindful breath techniques aim at increasing breath threshold, expanding lung capacity and boosting blood circulation, which benefits multiple systems throughout the body and promotes overall health.
Mindful Movement
Movement practices may vary from gentle to vigorous, depending on the participants’ capacity and the desired objective. For example, the practice may be designed to create greater range of motion in areas of the body that are limited from injury or underuse, or build strength in areas that are weak. Through repetitive, mindful movement, participants begin to identify and then release dysfunctional physical habits and patterns, which are often the result of trauma and stress that become “embedded” in muscle memory. Participants will learn practices they can use for themselves, and can teach to their clientele.
For trauma survivors and those under extreme stress, where one's nervous system is always triggered into fight/flight response patterns, we use restorative gentle movements and deep supportive postures to access the parasympathetic nervous system, allowing the body and mind the space to reset and release.
Relaxation/Meditation
Learn basic relaxation techniques. High-stress jobs, post-traumatic stress disorders and the overall challenges of fast-paced modern life all have negative impacts on relaxation and sleep, which in turn exacerbates physical and emotional disorders. Various techniques, practiced either in a seated or reclining posture, help individuals bring awareness to the stress in their body and mind and release it.
Sound Healing
Sound and vibration have been used in many traditions as a powerful modality of healing. This may be experienced passively, for example feeling the vibrations from large gongs that infuses the cellular body with subtle vibration, initiating an alchemical shift in the mind and body state, or can be felt more actively through repeated affirmations or chants vibrated harmonically. The effects of sound healing have proven effective in releasing physical muscle tension, balancing emotional traumas, and awakening mental focus and clarity
TRAUMA SENSITIVE MINDFUL MOVEMENT, BREATH AND AWARENESS TRAINING
Dates and price for the training is set based on the organizations we partners with, it may vary according to the number of attendees, onsite or offsite training locations, and length of the training. If there are individuals interested in this training please contact Gopi and gopihope@gmail.com, and she will give you information of training sessions and prices that. you can join.
Learn about psychological defense mechanisms
Attachment theory and trauma
Personality development and trauma
Mood dysregulation and trauma
Family systems and trauma
Interpersonal behavior patterns and trauma (ie. that are self sabotaging and prevent life goal attainment)
Relationship skills (or lack thereof) as a result of trauma
Learn the 3 Dissociative disorders and how it affects an individual in their daily functioning life.
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative amnesia
Depersonalization/derealization disorder
BODY AS A RESOURCE-
The body can be a resource for finding calm, centeredness, and a sense of grounding.
Through repetitive, mindful movement, participants begin to identify and release dysfunctional physical habits and patterns, which are often the result of trauma and stress that become “embedded” in muscle memory.
Participants will learn body awareness practices that will support the nervous system that they can use for themselves, and can teach to their clientele.
Using mindful movement to address emotional imbalances based on symptoms
Trauma survivors are often triggered into fight flight response patterns. learn restorative gentle movements and deep supportortive postures to access the parasympathetic nervous system allowing the body and mind the space to reset and release.
Learn tools to increase heart rate variability and increase neuroplasticity
BREATH AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR SELF-REGULATION
The breath can be a resource for calming the nervous system and regaining a sense of self-regulation.
Breath as an effective tool to find focus, center and motivation in task awareness
INDUCE THE RELAXATION RESPONSE
Body scan and relaxation techniques
Mindful meditation and reflection
R.A.I.N.S - The process of Recognise, Allow, Investigate, Nurture and Surender
Understanding the Cognitive cycles: Through understanding neuroplasticity, our brains can change throughout our lives. Our habits are sustained by repeating patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviour that have created and reinforced neural networks in our brain, learn to change these neural networks of patterned behavior through mindfulness
Facilitate reflective deconditioning processing and sharing with safety.
USE OF LANGUAGE AND CLASS SETUP
You will have tools to make your standard classes more trauma sensitive. Through practicum, you will feel empowered to offer trauma-informed yoga classes with individuals and small groups, combining the use of all the tools.